VIRTUAL STATES / Edition 1

by Jerry Everard

Overview

First published in 2000. Virtual States challenge the idea that the nation state is dead. In all the hype about the Internet, little thought has been given to the systematic inequalities being brought about by globalisation, and exacerbated by the global spread of the Internet. Jerry Everard argues that new disparities are emerging between the information 'haves' ad the information 'have-nots': between wealthy and poor states; and between the wealthy and poor in wealthy states. Virtual States systematically addresses these inequalities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415172141
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/23/1999
Series:	Technology and Global Political Economy Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jerry Everard is in the Department of English and Theatre Studies at the Australian National University. This book was written while on secondment from the Department of Defence in Canberra and does not necessarily reflect official Australian government views.

Table of Contents

PART I Virtual states: theory and practice 1 W(h)ither the state? 2 [e-mail] PART II The developing world 3 Hungry, thirsty and wired 4 Sovereignty, boundary making and the Net 5 Culture and the Other on the Internet PART III The developed world 6 Process: the key to the Cyborg 7 [e-mail] 8 The @ of war PART IV Internet and society 9 Virtually real/really virtual 10 Internet censorship: US, Europe and Australia 11 alt.cyberspace.binaries.philosophy

Editorial Reviews

Will the power of the Internet to cross borders lead to the eventual dissolution of nations as we now know them? This book looks ahead, not as a Luddite fearing progress, but in an attempt to lay out a framework for planning that incorporates the benefits and limitations of the technology. It discusses the rise of virtual states, and reflects on the effect of their history as revealed in their present states. Other sections address the unwired states of the developing world, and the increasingly rising costs (both in developed and developing nations) of being poor, not in money, but in information, and finally a discussion on the broader concerns of the Internet and society. Nations may become more vague; this book is about what will replace them. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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